Chapter 448: , what is meant to come will come

A burst of footsteps came from outside the house, and the first to enter was Li Jianguo.

Upon catching sight of Xiao Han on the sofa, Li Jianguo froze!

Two women followed behind, and they froze just the same!

Li Jianguo and Tian Rune exchanged a glance, both secretly wondering: Why has Xiao Shuji's daughter come here?

The other woman was the great Dan actress.

After entering, Huang Zhaoyi first looked at Xiao Han, then shifted her gaze, her eyes meeting Li Heng's before she looked away.

Her heart suddenly became incredibly anxious. Without his consent, she had followed his parents to the Li household; what would he think? How would he view her?

Would he misunderstand her?

Would he be unhappy?

Most crucially, his official partner Xiao Han was also here; her presence felt far too redundant.

Huang Zhaoyi was a recognized master of Peking Opera, and performance was her profession. Although she was feeling turbulent and uncomfortable inside, she maintained strict control over her expressions, not easily letting the Li Jianguo couple beside her notice any flaws.

At this moment, the great Dan actress wanted nothing more than to flee, but she understood that leaving so abruptly would not only confuse his parents but also cause her to lose favor in his eyes. Thus, she could only force herself to stay and enter the house.

Having long known of Xiao Han's existence, Tian Rune and Li Jianguo's reactions were not slow after the initial shock; one quickly served tea and water, adding some snacks to the coffee table.

Tian Rune sat down right beside Xiao Han, enthusiastically starting the mode of showing concern: "Hanhan is here. Have you had dinner? What would you like to eat? Auntie will go make it for you."

Facing her future mother-in-law for the first time, Xiao Han was clearly not very relaxed. She sat straight with her hands interlaced on her knees, smiling very sweetly: "Thank you, Auntie, anything is fine."

Li Lan spoke up at this moment, also implicitly reminding her parents: "Mom, you just stay here and chat with the younger sister-in-law. I'm going to make a late-night snack. Dad, come and help me."

The term "younger sister-in-law" completely confirmed the suspicions in Li Jianguo and Tian Rune's hearts. They immediately understood what Xiao Han's purpose for coming to the house today was.

Li Lan did not neglect Huang Zhaoyi, chatting with her for a short while before going to the courtyard to pick chili peppers.

Huang Zhaoyi seemed to not want to see the warm scene of Tian Rune chatting with Xiao Han, so under the guise of being familiar with Li Lan, she also went out to the courtyard to get some air.

While picking chili peppers, Li Lan asked her: "It's quite simple here, can't compare to your home. Are you a bit unaccustomed to it?"

Huang Zhaoyi shook her head: "It's quite good, very full of life. At my age, I actually prefer this kind of atmosphere."

"What do you mean by your age? If I'm not mistaken, you won't turn 33 until the second half of this year, right?" The two had dealt with each other many times, and Li Lan was naturally a person who got close quickly, so her questioning lacked a bit of formality and had more of a friendly tone.

Huang Zhaoyi smiled and said yes.

Li Lan rolled her eyes and teased: "33 really isn't that old. Let me tell you, it's a pity I'm not a man, otherwise I would definitely pursue you. I even thought about introducing you to my younger brother before."

Huang Zhaoyi's heart skipped a few beats, unsure if the person in front of her had discovered any clues.

Li Lan was indeed testing her.

Because she didn't believe there was such a thing as love without reason in the world. She had inquired about Huang Zhaoyi's family background, and the result she got was that it was a deep secret.

Just imagine, a person from a prominent family who is also extremely outstanding, why would she be so good to our Li family?

Among so many fans, why does Huang Zhaoyi look at our family members differently?

Could it be that she has taken a fancy to my father, who is nearly 50?

Pfft! Just thinking about it feels impossible. With her status and beauty—beauty that even Li Lan felt inferior to—how could such a thing happen?

Could it be that she is a lesbian and is getting close to the Li family to get close to me?

Thinking of this, Li Lan got goosebumps all over, feeling that her thoughts were too evil and that she had misunderstood the other party.

Li Lan thought left and right, unable to come up with anything, and finally could only think of her younger brother.

There were two reasons for her suspicion:

First, her younger brother is fickle enough and seems to have a soft spot for great beauties.

Judging by her standards, Huang Zhaoyi could rank second among the people she had seen. The first was Song Yu, and the second was Xiao Han.

Overall, Li Lan believed: Huang Zhaoyi could be ranked alongside Xiao Han.

Xiao Han wins with her exquisite and peerless features and eyes full of spirit, giving people a very wise feeling; while Huang Zhaoyi's temperament goes without saying—bright and grand, like a standard noble young lady from the past, enough to compete with Xiao Han.

Therefore, just from the perspective of beauty, Huang Zhaoyi's conditions fit her brother's hunting range.

Although Huang Zhaoyi is older than her brother, there is still Yu Laoshi, isn't she also several years older?

Another reason is that her brother studies in Shanghai, and Huang Zhaoyi's home is also in Shanghai. It seems there is no connection in status, but perhaps behind the scenes, it is already a different story.

Of course, this was just her suspicion.

The reason she called it a suspicion was that she couldn't quite believe that someone like Huang Zhaoyi would fall for her younger brother in a muddled way.

Especially the scene just now, which shattered many of her doubts. Xiao Han was clearly inside; if Huang Zhaoyi really had an affair with her brother, there would be no reason to retreat. She shouldn't have followed her to the courtyard to pick chili peppers to escape, but should have gone to compete for favor.

Could someone of Huang Zhaoyi's status be a mistress? This is truly ridiculous; it's something she couldn't imagine. Yu Laoshi is a precedent.

Her brother is restrained and doesn't dare to make a move even with Yu Laoshi, so logically he shouldn't dare to eat Huang Zhaoyi either.

Eldest daughter Li Yan has a one-track mind, read primary school for 6 years, was at the bottom of the class every time, only knows simple addition and subtraction, and can't understand one-third converted to a decimal.

Inside the house.

After holding Xiao Han's hand and nagging for a while, Tian Rune finally found time to ask her son: "Full-cub, when did you come to the capital? Why didn't you say hello to the family before coming?"

Say hello, my foot. If I had said hello, wouldn't Zijin have known? Then how could I meet Xiao Han?

Li Heng slandered this in his heart, but said: "I came to the capital mainly to give her a surprise. I also wanted to give you and Dad a surprise."

As he spoke, the old fox picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to Xiao Han, "Wife, take a bite, it's quite sweet."

His "wife" served as a follow-up to the second sister's "younger sister-in-law," aiming to define the status of his black-bellied wife so that his parents would know the current situation and not slight Xiao Han because of their deep love for Zijin.

Surprise? There was no joy, only a big shock. Seeing the full-cub feeding Xiao Han watermelon, Tian Rune and Li Jianguo looked at each other and then secretly sighed—they were worried!

Looking at the watermelon delivered to her mouth, Xiao Han smiled sweetly, lowered her head to take a bite, and then picked up two pieces of watermelon, borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, handing them to Li Jianguo and Tian Rune, "It is indeed sweet, Uncle and Auntie, let's eat together."

"Eh, good." Tian Rune smiled all over her face and took the watermelon.

Li Jianguo also smiled and took the watermelon, and they started eating together.

Regardless, whether it was Xiao Han or Zijin, the looks and upbringing of these two girls were very pleasing to the old couple. Even if they wanted to blame someone, they couldn't blame them; they could only blame their son for being too good at causing trouble.

With such a tone set, the couple paid more attention to Xiao Han, and their words and actions prioritized the feelings of the girl.

As they chatted, Tian Rune's eyes froze. Guess what she saw?

She actually saw a strawberry mark on the back of Xiao Han's neck.

As someone who had been through it, Tian Rune immediately understood what was going on. It must have been the kiss marks and bite marks left by the full-cub being too forceful and too invested.

At this point, she finally realized why the Xiao family girl had come to the house today. It turned out her son had already eaten her up completely.

Seeing her future mother-in-law's gaze fall on her neck, Xiao Han, who knew what was going on, suddenly became a bit nervous again.

Actually, this was intentional.

She deliberately didn't tie up her hair like usual, but chose to expose her neck, hoping that her future mother-in-law would see the mark left by honey.

Her purpose was simple: because of Chen Zijin's first-mover advantage, and because Chen Zijin had been on good terms with the Li family for many years, she was far ahead of her. As a new guest, her sudden visit was not very justifiable.

Therefore, she had to give herself a reason to come to the Li house, which was that she was already Li Heng's woman.

Through the clear relationship of being honey's woman, she hoped to use this to quickly catch up to Chen Zijin's status in the hearts of her future parents-in-law.

Even if she couldn't catch up for a while, she had to shorten the gap quickly and not let her love rival take all the glory.

Sure enough, the effect was excellent. Tian Rune's gaze toward Xiao Han changed again, becoming more intimate and kind.

All faults lie with the son.

As a mother, she hadn't managed her son well, so naturally, she had to try hard to clean up his mess so as not to chill the girl's heart.

Tian Rune took a deep breath, and later kindly took Xiao Han's hand, "Come, go to the room with Auntie to sit for a while, Auntie has some private words to say to you."

"Good." Xiao Han had small dimples and responded crisply.

At this moment, don't look at her two small dimples smiling very charmingly; her legs were already shaking uncontrollably. With no experience, she was panicking inside.

Li Heng was close by and knew his wife quite well, so he immediately got up, placed his hands on Xiao Han's shoulders, pushed her forward, and followed all the way to the bedroom.

Entering the bedroom, Tian Rune said to Li Heng: "Full-cub, you go out."

Li Heng moved his hands down, hugging his black-bellied wife's slender willow waist, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, shamelessly saying: "Mom, you have to be good to our wife. I had a hard time tricking her back."

Xiao Han blushed and was shy, lowering her head to look at her toes, not daring to look at her mother-in-law opposite for a moment, but her heart was as sweet as if she had drunk honey.

As expected of the man this beauty has been pining for, although he is a bit fickle, he is responsible at critical moments. With this sentence, all her grievances became irrelevant; she would love him without regret in this life.

How could Tian Rune not know what her son was up to? She immediately smiled and scolded him, "You're the only one who can do this. Such a beautiful girl, Mom likes her too much, how could I bully her?"

Having received his mother's promise, Li Heng felt relieved for the time being and immediately let go of Xiao Han, "Then you two chat, I'll go to the kitchen to help the second sister."

Tian Rune originally wanted to ask her son to help her take care of Huang Zhaoyi, as she was an honored guest and shouldn't be neglected. But thinking that the great Dan actress was too beautiful and her son was extremely unreliable, what if he developed crooked thoughts while taking care of her?

Honestly, if she had known her son was coming home today, Tian Rune, having the precedent of Yu Laoshi, would absolutely not have invited the great Dan actress to be a guest at home.

After watching the play today, because it was quite late, Huang Zhaoyi offered to drive the old couple back on her way.

Thinking that they were already quite familiar after a few interactions, and since she said it was on the way and she was a Peking Opera master she particularly liked, Tian Rune, happy for a moment, didn't refuse and got in the car. This was the actual situation of why she enthusiastically called her to come into the house to sit and drink tea before leaving after arriving at the entrance of the alley.

Just as Li Heng left the bedroom and closed the door, the second sister came in with a pile of vegetables, followed by Huang Zhaoyi.

He looked at the great Dan actress.

Facing his gaze, Huang Zhaoyi paused, not knowing what he was thinking, and felt a bit at a loss.

Li Lan glanced at her own brother and greeted Li Jianguo, who was bending over to organize tea leaves: "Dad, didn't I ask you to go to the kitchen to help? Why are you still here?"

"Good, I'll be there in a moment." Li Jianguo thought that if he went to the kitchen to help, who would entertain Huang Zhaoyi? His son wasn't very familiar with her, and he was caught between Zijin and Xiao Han, so he would inevitably neglect her.

Li Lan guessed her father's concerns and immediately curled her lips, saying: "Let the younger brother accompany Zhaoyi. They both like music and have common topics."

Li Jianguo still wanted to say something, but receiving a look from his second daughter, he immediately handed the tea leaves to Li Heng and smiled at Huang Zhaoyi: "Zhaoyi, the house is humble, please make do and sit for a while. I'm going to help make a late-night snack. It will be ready soon, don't be in a hurry to leave."

Huang Zhaoyi nodded and agreed.

Following her daughter to the kitchen, Li Jianguo asked quietly: "What was that look just now?"

"Nothing, Dad, have you forgotten about Aunt Zhao Jing? Huang Zhaoyi is much more beautiful than Aunt Zhao Jing. If you associate with her too much, be careful that Mom gets jealous." Li Lan casually found an excuse.

Li Jianguo chuckled, "Not necessarily, your mother is more reasonable than you think."

Then he asked worriedly: "I remember when Zijin left, she said she would come again in two days. It's already been two days, will she come suddenly?"

Hearing this, Li Lan turned sideways and asked: "Dad, between Zijin and Xiao Han, who do you favor?"

Li Jianguo pondered for a while, shook his head, and sighed: "Both are good. If one of them becomes our Li family's daughter-in-law, your mother and I are already very satisfied. Sigh, it's just that I feel a bit sorry for Zijin."

Li Lan understood, "You still lean more toward Zijin?"

Li Jianguo didn't deny it, saying earnestly: "Human hearts are made of flesh. Although the Chen family didn't give your mother and brother a good look at the beginning, Zijin never owed us anything. Instead, it's our family that owes her too much. We must act according to our conscience."

Li Lan agreed with this, but still couldn't help but pour cold water: "I tested your precious son today, he wants to marry Song Yu more."

Li Jianguo's lips froze there, looking at his second daughter.

Li Lan guessed: "He often calls Song Yu's name even in his dreams, which shows how much he likes her. If I'm not mistaken, he might have already gone to see Song Yu during the summer vacation."

Li Jianguo frowned and asked in a low voice: "At that time, Zijin took us to see Song Yu once at Peking University, but the distance wasn't very close, and that girl was turning her head to talk to a group of girls, so I didn't see her very clearly. Have you seen her face to face? Is that girl really that good?"

Li Lan listened and asked: "The Huang Zhaoyi and Xiao Han outside, Dad, which one do you think has better conditions? Not talking about family, just themselves."

Li Jianguo thought for a while and shook his head: "Without subjective color, it's hard to distinguish, they aren't the same type."

"That's right. Song Yu, who has fascinated your son like that, is even stronger than these two." Li Lan replied.

Li Jianguo's eyebrows furrowed deeper.

Seeing this, Li Lan asked: "Dad, what are you confused about?"

Li Jianguo hesitated but couldn't help asking: "In this world, can there be anyone better than Xiao Shuji's daughter?"

Li Jianguo has lived for so many years and has seen countless women. When he was young, he always felt that Rune was the most beautiful in the world.

But later, when many people were saying over tea and dinner that Xiao Shuji's daughter in town had taken away 90% of the town's spirit, he didn't quite believe it, feeling it was too bizarre. But after seeing Xiao Han in person, he believed it.

Li Jianguo felt that from the perspective of first impression: even if Huang Zhaoyi's overall quality is not worse than Xiao Shuji's daughter, just in terms of the delicacy of her features, she can't compare.

Li Lan was stuck for a while, unable to think of appropriate words to describe the feeling of amazement Song Yu brought her at the time, saying: "I don't know how to describe it either. You'll know when you see her. You can still trust your younger brother's picky eye."

Hearing this, Li Jianguo sighed secretly again, not knowing what to say.

Seeing his father so worried, Li Lan used a mocking tone to give a warning, "Dad, don't worry, I haven't analyzed Yu Laoshi for you yet. This is the person you and Mom need to treat with 120% spirit. If things go wrong, your son will die in her hands. Our family will also die in her hands."

Li Jianguo had seen the power of authority; otherwise, a dignified Wuhan University student wouldn't have ended up in this situation today. As the saying goes, only after experiencing it do you know the terror.

He was completely silent, took out a cigarette, and prepared to smoke.

After waiting for a while and not getting a reply from his father, Li Lan joked: "Dad, you say that once a cat gets used to stealing fish, can it control its claws when it encounters a good fish? Will my brother provoke other girls in Shanghai?"

Hearing this, Li Jianguo pinched the cigarette butt, suddenly lost interest, and put it away.

It was a long time before he said, "Zijin and Xiao Shuji's daughter, I can see, truly like your brother. That Song Yu, I haven't had contact with her, so I won't comment. But what I worry about most is Yu Laoshi. She lived in our hometown for a few days and has been here twice, and your mother and I still can't see through her. How do you feel?"

Li Lan shook her head: "Too little contact, I haven't seen through her either. But one thing is always right: since the other party has lowered her status to go to our hometown, she will definitely find a way to manipulate my brother.

Don't look at how my brother is jumping around now; it's probably because Yu Laoshi hasn't exerted her strength yet. Once she exerts her strength, it won't be like this. We must have this psychological awareness."

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Updated first, then revised.

For the sustainable development of 10,000 words per day next month, I specially went hiking to see green plants yesterday afternoon to let my eyes rest, which is why I didn't update yesterday night. Sorry.

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